Low Spot

I'm having a maintaining year this year for my gardens. I have a low spot that collects water that I need to plant. If anybody's had success with this, give me some hints. I will put some daylilies there. Also lobelia is good. Also I think ligularia is a good choice. I have a bald cypress tree that is doing good too.

TGIF!
Sue

Weight Loss the Hard Way

Well, I can't say it's the most fun way to lose weight, but getting the 24 hour flu does do it. I was in Columbus trying to enjoy the OMEA conference and suddenly found myself in the bathroom... well, it wasn't pretty. So, I headed for home - worst drive of my life with several stops. Well... it seemed like there wasn't much left inside me when I finally got home, took a wash, and shivering like you wouldn't believe got into bed with three blankets. I slept for almost 36 hours and it left me, whatever THAT was. YIKES! The only good thing I can say is that I did lose 4 pounds. Of course I couldn't eat for two days either. That'll do something.

I'm feeling better tonight though not myself yet.

Sue

PS Lebanon certainly did itself proud with our HS group!!!!

Mediterarian Diet

It's disappearing. American's terrible diet is starting to invade countries like Italy. As it turns out, the diet of prosperity as in more meat, more fat, more sugar is not as good for you as the diet of less wealth as in more veggies, less meat, and no sugar. The reason Italians were not fat 30 years ago is because they ate the more healthy diet of veggies, little meat, and no sugar. Too bad that our bad habits seem to be taking over instead of the other way around.

Sue

Lentils

They are great! There are many good recipes. Use the green French kind for more flavor. I used a recipe from one of my favorite cooks, Ina Garten. It was called Lentil and Sausage Soup. You can make it without the sausage. In fact, we ate it that way first and it was delicious. Then I added some low fat sausage. It was good that way too. Yum.

Sue

the Scale

OK, nobody likes to get on, but it is something that one has to do. WW advises you to weigh in once a week. Some like to weight in every day. I'm not one of those people. Your weight can deviate up and down with fluids or extra salt making you retain water. If you don't weigh in at all, you can fool yourself easier. However, the scale is not the end all be all. Some prefer the tape measure to show inches lost. It is important to keep a record to gage your progress.

Thoughts?

Sue

2 Types of Workouts

There are anarobic and arobic types of workouts. The first is working out above your arobic threshold, then recover. Arobic is working out at a constant rate during which you can carry on a conversation. This type is good for your heart. The first type your lungs and it helps to increase fitness of your lungs. You should do both and also always do something different so your body keeps on getter more fit and doesn't get used to the same thing (when the benefit is decreased). If you don't exercise the arobic is a good way to start.

Sue

Soup

There's nothing better for winter than soup. I make a big batch of soup on the weekend and freeze some for meals later. My best soups are: chili, bean, ham and bean, lentil, chicken noodle, leek and potato, and butternut squash. Yum,

Sue